On 3 juil. 07, at 12:18, Giovanni Corriga wrote:

> Il giorno lun, 02/07/2007 alle 19.19 +0200, Philippe Marschall ha
> scritto:
>> 2007/7/2, Michael Rueger <michael at impara.de>:
>>> Damien Cassou wrote:
>>>
>>>> What about a 100% free access to the official repository? Everyone
>>>
>>> Oh, you mean software development by anarchy?
>>>
>>> Great idea...
>>
>> Yeah, works pretty well for Seaside. A Squeak package several people
>> make a living of.
>
> As Philippe is saying, the idea isn't as bad as it may sound.
>
> Obviously this doens't mean that anyone can create "official" updates
> and releases - only someone from the release team would be allowed  
> to do
> that.
> Many open source projects allow people to commit to the repository,  
> but
> the official packages get created by the project manager/owner.
>
> We could also agree to a compromise and allow access to the repos to a
> larger group of developers, without moving to 100% free access.
>
> Having a more open approach could streamline the bug fixing/harvesting
> process: instead of attaching a patch file to a mantis bug, reporters
> and developers could just point to a package in the repository.


from my experience of been overwelm with information or with no  
information
having a mantis entry per package would help.
Having a centralized database is important.

Stef

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> 	Giovanni
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